Hosted by MEP Manuela Ripa (EPP), Dario Nardella (S&D), Pesticide Action Network Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions.
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Where: European Parliament (Room ASP5E2) & Online
When: 04 March 2025, 16:00 – 18:00 CET
Language: English
Programme:
16.00 – 16.10 | Introduction
- Opening statement by MEPs and hosts
16.10 – 16.25 | Presentations and testimonials: Impact on health and safety
- Violette Geissen: Wageningen University & Research, results from the SPRINT project
- Farmworker testimonial (TBC)
16.25 – 17.10 | Panel 1: Highlighting solutions for a just transition out of pesticides
- Romain Nandillon, L’Institut Agro Dijon
- Felix de Bousies, Belgian farmer (TBC)
- Gil Luypaert, International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBM)
17.10 – 17.50 | Panel 2: What next for policy actions?
- DG SANTE
- DG AGRI (TBC)
- Martin Dermine, PAN Europe
- Maxime Janssens, Young Farmers’ Federation (FJA)
17.50 – 18.00 | Conclusion
- Closing statements by MEPs and hosts
